Table 1 RQs and their rationales

Who are the women investigating secondary

With this question, we investigate who are the women that have

studies and their contributions?

published on secondary studies. We also investigate how many

contributions on secondary studies (conduction and/or process

improvement) have been made by women, the evolution of contributions

along the years and types of venues (i.e., journals or conferences)

where women have published their research on secondary studies.

How is the collaboration among women

With this question, we investigate where are the women from,

investigating secondary studies?

and how their research is related.